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Motherboard or CPU failure? Maybe something else

Started by Veridis Quo , Mar 26 2010 12:17 PM

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#1 Veridis Quo

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 12:17 PM

Hey guys, lets see if you can help me solve this. My PC keeps losing sound and video, I built it almost a year ago and haven't had a problem like this. The video is through a ATI card and the sound is on board this is what has me stumped if they were both on board I would've replaced the motherboard already. If I'm playing music when it goes out the music skips like a broken record then I lose audio and visual. The PC is still running fans and lights are still on but no a/v. I'm open to whatever questions you guys have to ask to help thanks.

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 12:44 PM

Hi, we would be glad to help out, but we need a little bit more information from you first.

Please provide the following information.

Motherboard make and model number.
Operating system name and SP version.
What program you are using to play music. (i.e. Windows Media Player ect.)

Thanks and we'll watch for your reply.
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Posted 26 March 2010 - 01:19 PM

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
Cpu: AMD Phenom X4 9650
OS: Fedora 12 but I doubt its that, it happens in the bios also.
Music player: Multiple ones but I really think it a hardware problem, everything seems to be checking out but something is wrong.

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 02:17 PM

What kind of power supply do you have can you provide that model number?

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 02:20 PM

I have a OCZ 550W Fatal1ty Series Power Supply.

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 02:22 PM

What video card do you have? Can yoiu also list all of your system devices like cd/dvd drives, hard drives, and what not?

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 02:39 PM

SAPPHIRE 100256L Radeon HD 4670
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB
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Acer H213H bmid Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 03:03 PM

Your Power supply is barely enough.

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 03:16 PM

Your Power supply is barely enough.

Ok so if that's the case, why is this happening now. Its been over a half a year since I completed the build and the problem has just now arisen. Also does that explain why the computer continues to run after the audio and visual components have cut out?

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 03:27 PM

Stress can cause issues a component under constant stress and load can have unforeseen and unpredictable failures.

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 03:33 PM

Ok so what size power supply should I be looking for, and is there anything else I should watch out for?

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 03:35 PM

Look for something that has at least 450Watts or more on the 12 volt rails.

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 04:00 PM

Wait a minute, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817341022 that's what I currently have. That's 550 watts are you saying I need something larger than that?

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Posted 26 March 2010 - 04:19 PM

Wait a minute, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817341022 that's what I currently have. That's 550 watts are you saying I need something larger than that?


No that should be enough wattage for a motherboard of this type.

You are saying your operating system is fedora 12? Or did I misunderstand that part?
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Posted 26 March 2010 - 04:21 PM

You are saying your operating system is fedora 12

Yes that's correct.
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